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Pencil app gives a paper-and-pen feel to digital drawing

BD+C

Pencil , FiftyThree''s new iPad pen, is now on sale. It was created by the same company that launched Paper, the acclaimed iPad drawing app. All you have to do to activate Pencil on your iPad is to open up the Paper app and press the pencil tip to the screen. read more.

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: How iPads and Android tablets.

Construction Cost Estimating

How iPads and Android tablets are utilized to smooth the construction process. The third-generation iPad and improving Android tablets are playing a vital role for every construction industry. With iPad the contractors can snap panoramic photographs during the construction phases tagged with the location wherever the image was located.

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Construction Plan and 3D Model Markups will Never Be the Same

Carol Hagen

The flexible interface is designed to provide the necessary tools for accessing and managing the documents that you need, when you need them, especially Construction Plans and drawings. Automatically compare drawings, integrate with SharePoint® or ProjectWise®, go mobile on a tablet PC and collaborate in real time with Bluebeam Studio™.

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The Construction Office Imperative: Digitize, Go Paperless and Mobile

Carol Hagen

Correspondence, contracts and RFIs, change orders, and drawings are frequently emailed. Review and approval on a iPad, signature capture on a form and granting access from a mobile device can return big dividends. Making the process fully electronic saves time, eliminates filing and makes document retrieval almost instant.

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The new trinkets of my paperfree adventure

DebunkTheBIM

My 10-year-old nephew Viki communicates with the world through drawings. The absence of my own ‘calling’ on the drawings reminded me, how in popular representations of the architect, the accessories of the job are still the drawing board and the T square (or parallel square) while I have used neither for over 2 decades.

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Bluebeam Tip: Make Your Construction Punch Process Faster with Spaces

Carol Hagen

The Construction Punch Process has been a time-consuming process for most general contractors until Bluebeam Revu and a few other software solutions added iPad apps. Another issue is that your punch item reports aren’t hyperlinked to each punch markups on the drawing, often causing confusion for the specialty trades.

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iPhone and iPad Applications Best Suited for Construction Professionals

Construction Cost Estimating

Mentioned below is a list of some of the popular IPhone/IPod and IPad apps that are highly recommended for quick access: SmartBidNet : SmartBidNet consists of bid management systems that allow creating as well as tracking bid process with subcontractors and companies.

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